All proceeds from the May 18 show go to Dress for Success River Cities, 541 9th St, Huntington, WV 25701, an agency devoted to empowering women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development 
tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
Like all Dress for Success affiliate location, the River Cities agency is a member of Dress for Success Worldwide and is an independent non-profit organization with its own policies, staff and board of directors. The Worldwide office licenses the Dress for Success name to affiliates, all of whom fulfill the overall mission of helping women journey towards self-sufficiency. Affiliates provide services to their communities based on local needs, cultural traditions and resources.
Dress for Success relies on individual contributions of business attire and accessories to make our clients look and feel their best! Check out the group's website for details on how you can make donations.
All proceeds from our Saturday, March 16, show go to help the work and mission of The Lifehouse, a Huntington-based long-term recovery program andtherapeutic community organization. The Lifehouse is a non-profit organization created to help men and women 
recover from alcoholism and substance abuse. The homes associated with The Lifehouse solely exist to help men and women in West Virginia continue their journeys of sobriety with the adequate support and services to implement the life stability that is required for continual substance abuse recovery.
Lifehouse is an accountability recovery program, minimum 8 months long with full time staff. It operates out of 12 residential homes. with minimum weekly and bi weekly observed lab drug screens. The program requires all residents to work the the 12 steps and actively work with a sponsor.
"We've been around for over 6 years and seen many men and women change their lives," Lifehouse says. "We require all residents to not only work through our program and learn how to live clean and sober, we require every resident to be full time employed productive members of society by day 70. We bridge the gap of how to be clean and sober and the actual application of it, therefore when every resident leaves they know how to live in the world while staying clean and sober."
All proceeds from our Saturday, Dec. 15, show go to help the work and mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tri-State (BBBSTS) serves children facing adversity through a variety of programs. Incorporated in 1974, the agency has over 40 years of service to the community. Approximately 150 children are served annually through these programs. BBBSTS is an affiliate member agency of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Its mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. The group partner with parents/guardians, volunteers and others in the community and hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving:
-Higher aspirations, greater confidence and better relationships
-Avoidance of risky behaviors
-Educational success
All proceeds from our Saturday, Nov. 17, show go to help the work and mission of the Boys & Girls Club of Huntington, 520 
Everett St., Huntington, WV, an after-school program now in its 60th year with emphasis on academic success, good character and citizenship and healthy lifestyles.
The organization's mission is to enable all young people, especiall htose who need us most, to reach their full potential as produtive, caring, responsible citizena.
Oct. 20, 2018All proceeds from our Saturday, Oct. 20, show go to help the work and mission of the Huntington Cabell-Wayne Animal Shelter, 1901 James River Road, Huntington, WV.
The shelter which is dedicated to serving the region by saving abandoned dogs and cats and placing them into loving homes. "We are passionate about animals," the group says, "and strive to provide the animals under our protection with the utmost care and compassion during their time with us."
Proceeds from our Saturday, Sept. 15, show went to help the good work of the Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind, 38 Washington Ave., Huntington, WV., which is dedicated to exploring, expanding and exploiting blind people's abilities as free and equal citizens. "We 
are the blind speaking for ourselves, relying upon each other for the accomplishment of those goals defined for ourselves by ourselves,” says the group's charter.
The association was organized on Oct. 9, 1975 when the charter was filed with the state of West Virginia by Charles Harris of Huntington, the founder of CWAB. As it grew, CWAB® began to offer social programs and held fund-raisers so it could provide specialized prescription eyeglasses to needy children and adults.
As more blind and visually impaired residents in the two counties became members, it became apparent that a vital component was missing – integrated services for that population that would be available through a single source.For that, additional funding was needed. The means to expand became available in 1979 on the death of retired U.S. Postal Service worker C. J. Teubert of Huntington. In his will, Mr. Teubert directed that the bulk of his estate, with a value of $3 million, be used to “relieve the hardships resulting from blindness.” After several years of litigation over the validity of the hand-written will, the James H. and Alice Teubert Charitable Trust was formed in 1987; it began awarding grants to area agencies in 1988.
In April, 1989, following a detailed needs assessment performed by MarshallUniversity’s School of Medicine, the Services Division component of CWAB® was activated when the Teubert Trust provided initial start-up funding.
Cabell and Wayne County residents, over age 18 with vision of 20/200 or worse in the better eye, may become CWAB® association voting members.Consumers are not required to be an association member to receive services.Dues are $2 per year.
Proceeds from our Saturday, June 16, show went to help the good work of Huntington's Harmony House, 627 4th Ave., which affirms the right of all peopel to adequate food, clothing, shelter and healthcare.
Harmony House -- born of The Mayor's Task Force on the Homeless in 1986 -- seeks to end homelessness in the Huntington area through permanent housing and supportive service programs, along with acting as a collaborating body for multiple service agencies in the area. The original Task Force included approximately 60 representatives of agencies, churches and community members who met intensively for four months to develop a set of recommendations to improve existing services and develop new solutions to homelessness. In August 1987, the group was incorporated, and a volunteer Board of Directors was formed.
Nearly 30 years later, Harmony House has served thousands of homeless individuals and families by providing one-stop access to a variety of helpful services. Individuals have obtained housing, employment, mainstream resources and hope. We are striving to serve thousands more in the years ahead.
Proceeds from our Saturday, May19, show went to support Tri-State AIDS Task Force, 1038 6th Ave., Huntington, WV, which strives to educate, nurture and empower all people confronting AIDS and to prevent the spread of the disease.
Lisa Cremeans, a volunteer for the organization for more than 20 years, says, "There are so many people with HIV or AIDS who are living on minimal income. We're fortunate in West Virginia that if you have HIV or AIDS and are in need of medication, we will help you find it. We're one of the few states who has the ability to say that."
April 21, 2018Proceeds from out Saturday, April 21, show went to support Branches Domestic Violence Shelter, which was established as a non-profit agency in 1980. Branches works to empower the increasing number of domestic violence victims and their families to break the cycle of domestic violence in our area.
Aside from providing emergency shelter; Branches offers legal assistance, individual & group counseling, and case management to ready our clients to become independent.
Currently Branches has one operational emergency housing shelter and four outreach offices located in adjoining counties; Mason, Putnam, Wayne, & Lincoln, to provide additional resources. ALL of Branches’ services are free of charge.
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Proceeds from our Saturday, March 17, show went to support CONTACT of Huntington, the rape crisis center and is 24-hour hotline (866-399.7273/304-399.1111).
CONTACT of Huntington envisions a community free of sexual violence. To bring that vision into reality, it provides advocacy and support for victims of sexual assault and stalking, while providing prevention education services to people living in Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln and Mason counties in West Virginia. In its mission statement, it adds, "We recognize that victims who become survivors of sexual assault must do so with courage, strength and integrity, and we honor their transformation by holding those as our organizational values. All services are free and confidential."
CONTACT Huntington, Inc. was formed on November 1, 1970, and since that time has been through many changes. It was originally a faith-based organization that offered callers a variety of services including a 24-hour Suicide Crisis helpline, a Parent’s Helpline, Reassurance Line, and the Rape Crisis Counseling Team. For more than 30 years these programs flourished, providing callers with a friendly voice that was willing to listen and help. In 1983 CONTACT jointed West Virginia Rape Information and Services (FRIS) as one of nine rape crises center in the state. At that time all services to victims of sexual assault were provided by volunteers. Today, six Staff Victim Advocates as well as Volunteer Victim Advocates provide direct and follow-up services to victims.
In the spring of 2001, CONTACT became a Rape Crisis Center and most of the other programs were passed to other agencies. The 24-hour hotline remains a central part of services offered by staff and trained volunteers. No longer a faith-based organization, CONTACT now focuses on helping those who have been affected by sexual violence and/or stalking and providing our community with prevention education information. We rely on private donations, community grants and some state and federal monies, to fund the services we offer in a six county area of Western West Virginia: Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo and Wayne.
CONTACT has three offices – our main office in Huntington which serves Cabell County, an office in Wayne serving Wayne and Lincoln counties, and one in Point Pleasant serving Mason County. In the spring of 2017 we will be opening two new offices to serve Logan and Mingo counties.
CONTACT of Huntington is a member of West Virginia’s sexual assault coalition, the Foundation for Rape Information and Services (FRIS)and the West Virginia Nonprofit Association.
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Proceeds from our Saturday, Dec. 16, show went to support Lily's Place, the Huntington center (1320 7th Avenue) that provides medical care to infants suffering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and offers non-judgmental support, education and 
counseling services to families and caregivers.
Lily's Place, which opened its doors in 2014, offers individual rooms with carefully controlled environments for a dozen babies at a time in the weeks they undergo treatment for withdrawal symptoms. It offers observational, therapeutic and pharmacological care to infants suffering from prenatal drug exposure as well asproven therapeutic handling methods and the latest weaning techniques to ease withdrawal symptoms.
An American baby is born with NAS every 25 minutes, according to a recent study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The report recommends several practices to address NAS and improve treatment for these newborns, including educating expectant mothers on prenatal care, educating health care providers on screening and treating NAS, as well as addressing the stigma faced by pregnant women who use opioids that keeps them from getting treatment.
Proceeds from our Saturday, Nov. 18, show went to support Huntington City Mission, 541 9th St., a non-profit, non-denominational Christian organization established to help meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of those who are homeless, or at risk of being homeless, in our community.
The mission was founded in 1939 as a ‘soup kitchen’ for homeless men, 77 years later, we are still providing the basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, education, and case management programs, not only to homeless men but also to homeless women and families and low-income community residents.
The mission is the only full-service shelter in a fifty mile radius of Huntington. Daily the Huntington City Mission provides shelter for an average of 143 individuals, including an average of 40 children between the ages of birth to 18.
Says the mission, "We help the homeless find work, teach them how to sustain jobs, budget their money and find permanent housing. The Huntington City Mission is one of the oldest non-profit, charitable institutions in Huntington. The Mission is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of local business men and women."
The mission’s shelters are open 24 /7, 365 days a year.
Proceeds for our Saturday, Oct. 21, show went to support Little Victories, 3589 Wire Branch Road, Ona, WV.
The mission of Little Victories is to rescue homeless animals and provide the means by which they can be rehabilitated and find permanent, loving homes. Little Victories will spread the no-kill philosophy and educate the public about humane care and respect for all living things. Little Victories believes that each animal should be treated for its individual needs and that each one deserves every chance of living a safe, loving and protected life.
The organization rescues and rehabilitates homeless, injured, abused, and abandoned animals. While the goal is to adopt all animals into loving, permanent homes, not all animals are adoptable. For those few, it provides sanctuary—a lifetime home where they will be safe and loved.
The group socializes the animals and strive to find loving, safe, and permanent homes for all the animals, as well as ongoing support and training so that each adoption is a success.
Says Little Victories, "We firmly believe that education about all aspects of humane care is the only answer and the only hope to eliminate animal homelessness and abuse. Our goal is to educate the community to act responsibly in the care of their own companion animals and to be aware of the plight of homeless animals. Our educational and awareness programs teach adults and children about the humane treatment of animals and how to become caring, responsible pet owners. We also promote the no-kill philosophy and awareness of the cultural, health, and emotional benefits of having a companion animal."
Spaying and neutering is the answer to the problem of unwanted animals in this country. Little Victories spays or neuters all the animals, and worka with the community and other rescues and shelters to raise funds and implement spay and neuter programs that control the irresponsible birth of millions of unwanted animals
Proceeds for our first show -- Saturday, Sept. 16 -- went to support the good folks at Huntington's Facing Hunger Foodbank, 1327 7th Ave., Huntington, WV.
Facing Hunger Foodbank is a private, non-profit, charitable organization founded in 1983 and is incorporated in West Virginia. Formerly known as the Huntington Area Food Bank, the foodbank initially served Cabell and Wayne Counties. The need was so great across the region that the foodbank expanded its service area after just its first year of operation. The foodbank’s service area currently includes 220 agencies across 17 counties in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southeastern Ohio.
In its first full year of operation, the foodbank distributed nearly 300,000 pounds of food to food insecure people. Since the turn of the century, the foodbank has consistently been distributing more than 3 million pounds of food annually. In 2014, the foodbank distributed more than 5.2 million pounds of food to nearly 115,000 people on a monthly basis.
Facing Hunger Foodbank is an affiliate of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Through this program, the foodbank provides services to 12 counties in the region.
The foodbank also receives financial aid from the federally funded Emergency Food and Shelter Program (FEMA), allowing food to be purchased for member agencies in Cabell, Lincoln and Wayne Counties.
The foodbank also receives and distributes USDA commodities through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Grants help to sustain specific programs like the BackPack Program, Mobile Pantry Program and SNAP Outreach. These programs help ensure clients of all ages have access to enough food.
Food drives held by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), public schools, local universities and numerous business and civic organizations in the Tri-State help to stock the Food Bank. Their charitable giving of food items, both perishable and non-perishable, is greatly appreciated.
Facing Hunger Foodbank was named Best of Huntington Award in 2012 by the Huntington Award Program Committee in the Best Non-Profit Organization. For two consecutive years, the foodbank has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the nation’s premier charity evaluator. The foodbank is also in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world’s largest donation of baked goods. ViSalus donated 52,000 pounds of its all natural “mini-meal” Nutra-Cookies.